Passenger-vehicle.



A. F. PAUL.

PASSENGER VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-21. 1913.

1 37,8938 Patented May 4, 1915.

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ABRAM FRANK PAUL, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIG-NORTOTREPAYMENT CAR SALES COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

I PASSENGER-VEHICLE;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, 1915.

Application filed January 21, 1913. Serial No. 743,246.

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, ABRAM FRANK PAUL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Passenger- Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to passenger railway or road vehicles, particularly double deck vehicles having a totally inclosed platform and on which platform means are provided for dividing the same into separate ingress and egress passageways whereby the loading or unloading of passengers is greatly accelerated, and the conductor is stationed at a place where he can continually control the ingress and egress of passengers and collect the fares of incoming passengers and also inspect and collect the tickets of outgoing passengers, and further when required the motorman may assist in checking the tickets.

The invention may be applied to cars having a platform only at one end thereof, or similar platforms may be at each end of a car, and in this latter case the various arrangements and devices will be duplicated on each platform.

By means of the present invention the construction and platform arrangement of a known construction of tramcar having a platform capable of being totally inclosed is improved so as to meet certain conditions existing withtramcars having an upper and lower saloon. The novel features of the improved construction will be hereinafter pointed out and to more clearly describe these novel features and the various details of construction reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively an elevation and a plan view of one end ofa car having an inclosed platform with a stairway rising from the platform to the upper deck; Figs. 3 and 4: are similar views of the end of a car having a stairway rising from the inner end of the platform and extending into the interior of the car. Figs. 5 and 6 are like views of a further modification with a stairway provided having a double landing at the bottom thereof; and Figs. 7 and 8 also show an elevation and a plan view of the end of a modified structure in which the stairway rises from a point approximately at the center oftheplatform and then partially turns before reaching the top deck.

Describing the improved construction gen erally, the car body 1 is provided with seats 2 arranged in the customary manner, some of which seats 3 at times may be located on the platform 4 if required, as shown in dotted lines (Fig. 4). the car communicates directly with the platform no partition or bulkhead being provided to separate the platform from the said interior. The floor 6 of the car body extends outwardly in such a manner that the platform is on a lower plane than the said floor. A step 7 from the roadway to the platform is arranged at each side, and if The lower saloon 5 of V entrance and exit combined or the step 7 (Fig. 8) on one side of the platform may be used as an emergency exit only. The steps are all pivotally connected, and by mechanism, consisting of levers 8 and connecting rods 9, links 10, and similar devices, the conductor from his permanent station A can raise or lower the steps by operating the handle or handles within his reach, or the other similar handles provided for operating the mechanism may be manipulated by the motorman from his position at the front of the car when the passengers leave the car under his observation and control.

The car platform 4 communicates directly with the interior ofthecar 5 with no door, partition, or bulkhead intervening; consequently, particularly during the winter season, it is necessary to totally close the car platform. For this purpose both endsof the car are provided with drop sashes 11 or as an alternative the sashes may slide upwardly into pockets (not shown) formed behind the letter board 13 of the carbody. The sides of the platform are provided with doors 14:

capable of sliding, for example, into pockets 15 formed in the side ofthe car 16 or in a portion 17 of the platform casing 18. Instead of employing sliding doors, the doors 14: may be arranged to swing so that when in an open position they lie over the steps.

The doors 14 on one side of the platform are opened alternately or simultaneously both for the incoming and outgoing passengers and one door or a pair of doors being provided for the entrance side and a similar door or pair of doors for the exit side. By means of suitable mechanism, in

terconnected with step raising and lowering mechan1sm,. either" the conductor or the motorman may. by operating. the, proper handle or handlesv under his control, open eitherthe entrance door or'the exit door separately or'both simultaneously as requiredaLThe, mechanism for operating thesaid doors is so connected to the mechanism for operating the steps that the latter must be, lowered when the doors are open, and

vice versa when the doors are closed the the elevated extension. 6 of the interior of, the

stanchion l9, and in order to-guard the then be; restarted before the fares are col'-' car, and approximately midway "of the combined entrance and exit step another upright stanchion 20 is placed. ,If the combined. step is at both sides of the platform a similar stanchion 21 is placed at the othersideof the platform. I serve to support the roof of the ear platformand define the commencement ofv the separate passageways. A barrier 22 (see Fig. 4) is providedto define the continuation of the'passageway and this barrier. is arranged. to swing from the central post '19 to either of the side stanchions 20 and 21. depending upon which side of the platform is to be used by the passengers.

The operating mechanism, by means of which the conductor opens and, closes the doors is located over or adjacent to the handles from being accidentally operated'by passing passengers, the barrier 22 is provided with a projecting guard 23, which also serves as a. table for supporting theffare boxes and ticket holders or the like. The

conductors permanentfposition during a; journey of the car is behind the barrier at the point A, and from this point he i'sabl'e to collect the fares from incoming; pas-; sengers who must'passiin front of" him. The

greater portion B of'the space on the plate form is devoted tothe incoming passengers, therefore a number of persons may boardf the car at the same time, and the car can 7 lected and the passengers have taken their places. The outgoing passengersjmust' pass behind the conductor, and if desired he may inspect their tickets or collect the faresas they pass out. 7

According to my invention, and when sufficient spaceis, allowed on the platform, the stairway, 24 rises direct from the center of the platform commencing at a point near The stanchions v2Q and 21.

exit step 7 which is under his control also the motorman must be allowed suflicient P LQQ to a pulate the various mechanisms,

etc, necessary for the drivingand controlling of the car. For other cases where permissible, various modified forms of stairways may .be adopted, and a variety of forms'of such stairwaysare hereinafter re.

ferred to. Further, when the space is limited', it is not practicable to have the combined entrance and exit on each'side of the platform,;therefore only the, emergency exit" is provided on one side of the car, and this emergency exit is preferably opened] or closed. byfmeansof' the door I l sliding into pockets. provided, at the sides 15 of the, car (see Fig. 2). The stairway 21 starts at a point near this exit and rises to a point near theend of the car as shown. According to this construction passengers going either to the upper'd'eck or to the interior of the bin d Sa Referring now briefly to the variousdrawings separately, Figs. 1 and 2 have been previously described with reference to the arrangement of the stairway and emergency exit. In this case the barrier 22 is fixed and defines the ingress and egress passageways B and G. The conductor controls the doors 14 from his station as aforesaid by means of the handle 8, and the motorman has'control of the emergency exit by means of a similar handle or vertical lever 8, the operation of which transmitted to the connecting rod 9, and in turn transmitted to the pivoted vertical lever 9 causes the. door 14- to slide toand fro in the pocket 15 and; thus'open or close this exit. i V I In Figs. 3 and 4 a further embodiment is illustrated. In this case theconductor and motorman may both be stationed on the same platform if desired, and only one 7 platform may be provided when a car is running on a permanent way which ends-in a loop so that the car 1s never required to be reversed. This platform can, however, be

provided; on both ends of the car and then I the mechanism. and doors, etc, would beduplicated; Both the motorman; and the' conductor can control the movements of thedoors 14 which are hinged to swing intodotted positions as shown. The doors closing the exit and entrance may beopened separately or the doors'may be operated simultaneously as required. As shown in dot-ted lines the connectingrods 9 extending fromthe handles 8 which the conductor operates are interconnected by means of rods 9 with similar handles 8 which the'motorman operates so that when the proper han-' dle is operated at either point, motion is transmitted by means of the rod 9 connected to the handle operated, to the bell crank lever 9 which causes the gate to swing on its axes 9 The barrier 22 pivoted at the point 25 is capable of being reversed to the dotted position so that it can be used to define separate ingress and egress passageways B and O on either side of the platform. The seats 3, shown by broken lines, are used for a double ended car, in which case when the car is running in the reverse direction these seats are removed to the rear platform which is not then in use for the time being. And further, in this embodiment the stairway 24 rises from a point on one side of the elevated portion of the car floor and extends inwardly into the interior of the car, and according to this arrangement, the lower step of the stairway is approximately behind the conductors station at one side, so that the outgoing passengers will have a direct passage to the exit.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the arrangement for controlling the operation of the steps and doors, and the construction of the doors may be in accordance with any of the modifications hereinbefore referred to, or as illustrated they may be made in sections capable of folding as shown, the folding of the sections being effected in a known manner. In the present embodiment the stairway 2i defines separate ingress and egress passageways B and C, and in conjunction therewith if desired, an adjustable barrier (not shown) may extend from the stanchion 20 to the stairway, and when required the barrier is shifted so as to be connected to the stanchion 21. The lower landing of the stairway is divided off so that the incoming and outgoing passengers ascend and descend the stairway commencing or ending at different points, for example, the incoming passengers start at the lower step 26, and the steps for the use of the outgoing passengers end at the step 27.

Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate respectively an elevation and a plan of the end of a car having a stairway rising direct from approximately the center of the platform. In this construction the passengers enter the car and congregate in the space B, and one at a time pass within close proximity to the conductor standing at his station A. The passengers then pay the fare and may then ascend to the upper saloon by means of the stairway or pass into the interior of the car. The outgoing passengers come down the stairway and around behind the conductor and together with the passengers from the interior of the car leave by means of the passageway 0. Or if permissible the outgoing passengers from the upper deck can leave by means of the emergency exit 7 on the front platform, which exit is opened and closed by the motorman, and for this latter purpose connecting rods 9 are provided. The main entrance and exit doors 14 on the front platform are permanently closed during the journey, and the similar entrance and exit doors on the rear platform are controlled by the conductor from his station A. As illustrated, the doors are made in leaves which fold together and are operated in a known manner. These doors when in the open position, together with the stairway, completely define the separate ingress and egress passageways B and C.

I claim 1. A double deck car having an inclosed platform, communicating unobstructedly with the lower deck portion of the car, a stairway leading from the lower to the upper deck of the car, a doorway and door at the side of platform, a barrier located inside said door and doorway to divide the space inside the same into separate restrict ed entrance and exit ways, said restricted entrance way leading to the interior of the lower deck portion and also to said stairway and means associated with said barrier to operate said door.

2. A double deck car having an inclosed platform communicating unobstructedly with the lower deck portion of the car, a stairway leading from the lower to the upper deck of the car, a doorway and door at one side of the platform, control devices for said door, said control devices located to divide the space inside said doorway into separate entrance and exit passage ways, said entrance passageway leading to the interior of the lower deck portion and also to said stairway.

8. A passenger car provided with a platform having an entrance and exit at one side and an exit alone at the other side, a stairway rising from a point approximately at or near the center of the platform and making a partial turn to the top deck, doors or barriers for opening and closing the entrance and exits so arranged that when opened the doors or barriers in conjunction with the stairway, define separated ingress and egress passageways on the platform.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

ABRAM FRANK PAUL.

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A. J. TANNER, OY KIN Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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